10 Nov
2011
10 Nov
'11
8:55 a.m.
I use either $discard or $dummy since I found them more meaningful.
I do not like $ok and $output which not really means that we do not care of
them.
I agree with Vincent, that size and easy typing is far less important
compare to having meaningful name, but I not that it is easier to type
"dummy" than "discard".
Denis
On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 08:05, Vincent Massol <vincent(a)massol.net> wrote:
On Nov 10, 2011, at 7:34 AM, Sergiu Dumitriu wrote:
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Denis Gervalle
SOFTEC sa - CEO
eGuilde sarl - CTO
Hi devs,
Some methods must be captured so that they don't create output when
called
from velocity, usually with something like:
#set ($var = $obj.doSomething())
Where $var is a variable whose content isn't needed and won't be used.
And
everyone seems to have his favorite name for it: $discard, $ok,
$ignore...
I'd like to have a single variable name, so that in the end we don't end
up creating 5 different variables for the same goal. So, which one do you
prefer:
1. $discard
2. $discarded
3. $ignore
4. $ignored
5. $ok
6. $output
We can also think of:
7. $dummy (I always use this one)
8. $unused
$ok is the shortest, thus easier to type, faster
to parse, and lighter
on the total size of the wiki.
The size is definitely a bad argument. Let's remove all comments it'll
slim down the wiki size… yeah! :)
Faster to type is also not a good argument. Using meaningful variable
names is better.
On the other hand, I prefer $discard since
it's more meaningful, it
conveys exactly what that line does: "$discard
the output of this method
call".
They're all fine with me except $output.
Thanks
-Vincent
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